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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="4-513" title_number="4" title_name="Tourism, Film, and the Arts" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland State Arts Council">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the Governor shall include in the State budget an annual appropriation to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra of $1,600,000.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for fiscal year 2022, $1,500,000;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for fiscal year 2023, $1,300,000;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>for fiscal year 2024, $1,100,000;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>for fiscal year 2025, $900,000; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>for fiscal year 2026, $700,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before October 15 each year, beginning in 2022 and for the following 4 years, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra shall submit a report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee on the effectiveness of the funding provided under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a complete statement on the financial condition of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an accounting of all financial receipts and expenditures.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
